Brazed condenser for an air conditioner
AssigneeBehr GmbH & Co.
InventorsMartin Kaspar, Kurt Molt
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Abstract
In a brazed condenser for an air conditioner, such as a motor vehicle air conditioner, a collecting tube connected with a collector is a prefabricated as a one-piece tube which is connected by tack weld seams with the collector before brazing the collecting tube and the collector together.
Claims20
Brazed condenser for an air conditioner comprising a block of tubes and fins, two collecting tubes between which said block is arranged, a tube-shaped collector which is mounted laterally on one of the collecting tubes, each collecting tube being a prefabricated one-piece tube, and tack weld seams by which each collecting tube is connected with the collector.
A method of forming a condenser for an air conditioner comprising:
- prefabricating a one-piece collecting tube,
- aligning the collecting tube and a collector with one another in a clamping device,
- fixedly connecting the collecting tube and the collector together with tack weld seams to form a collecting tube and collector assembly,
- removing the assembly from the clamping device, and
- brazing the assembly to form the condenser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.